New Student Finance Section

August 28, 2008

Along with the new Student Finance section, Maclean’s has arranged several short excerpts from my book. In case anyone would care to read those specifically, the topics they cover are:

The Eroding Value of an Undergraduate Degree

Students As Consumers

No Ordinary Deal: The Exceptions Made for Education as a Product

Education vs. Healthcare

Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year

Canadian universities are welcoming students back to class, residence and even karaoke events. But there’s still plenty of online instruction, and some schools have vaccine mandates.

Five basic kitchen supplies every student should have

You don’t need a Le Creuset Dutch oven to whip up a delicious meal for one (or, say, eight). A few key items are enough to launch your cooking career—and some of them may even last you a lifetime.

How to Locate Your Goal

For anyone who cares to get a good sense of the book, those excerpts should give it to you. They have a finance-related focus, but they’re some of my favourite topics in it. Hope you like them.

Jeff Rybak

Jeff is the author of "What’s Wrong With University: And How to Make It Work For You Anyway," from ECW Press (April, 2007). He writes and speaks on the subject of post-secondary education in Canada. A proud alumnus of the University of Toronto Scarborough, Jeff is just wrapping up his law degree at the University of Toronto, with a combined MA in English. He has an extensive background in student representation and advocacy and a continuing interest in not-for-profit governance. He also instructs as a sessional lecturer at UTSC, teaching The Legal Environment of Business.